Sunday, October 10, 2010

PROPOSAL/OUTCOMES: Death and Decay

A contemporary method of body sculpting using a unconventional ‘body’ for informing garments; then recontextualised to create abstract clothing….

The exploration of Mass burials and genocide in relation to the studio Death and decay has given some key components from the initial cultural research and burial garment that has influenced how my research and design development as shaped:

  • Decomposition: Using research into bones and decomposing of bodies in mass to create ‘bodies’ and shapes
  • Continuality of garments – translating this into design with long lines and shape to give a flowing feel to the garments as if they can be attached to one another
  • Community – Garments work together as a collection or group
  • Layers – Garments are layered, showing the overgarment (uniformity) and the undergarment (Personal/hidden)
  • Systematic / Uniformity – Using elements of uniform and consistency through the undergarments
  • Unidentifiable (bodies and spirits)
  • The hidden garment – fabric and shape highlight a personality and character under the clean surface
  • Colour Palette - Using a monochromatic palette that will work with the plain outerlayer, however textures and material themselves will be predominate in the collection. A monochromatic palette will be dominate through the research and some green and navy tones (possibly)

OUTCOMES: Garment Components

I have primarily worked the skeletal system to create a series of objects that will become the mannequin for the collection. Disproportion, exaggeration and repetition have been used to create bodies that which garments will be informed by in silhouette and shape. This collection is then brought back to a fashion context; being worn on the human form.

The Layers:

The Hidden GarmentThis is a garment is the under-layer. Materials have been chosen to as a character or personality which then juxtaposes the outer more minimal/clean layer. These are quite soft delicate fabrics that are informed by the ‘body’. Techniques such as corsetry, drape and decorative techniques may be implemented into this research.

The Overgarment - this is derived from the research into mass graves and uniformity. Using this idea to create overgarments that are clean and systematic structures that hide the personality, which is apparent in the garment below. The textures and colour beneath the overgarment are unknown to the onlooker but only the wearer. These garments take a more architectural shape that contrast the softer under layers; the overgarment is more like a stronger skin.

PRESENTATION:

Secondary outcomes will be shown, some on and some off the body. Depending on results, fabric could be taken away from the ‘body’ and worn as a separate piece on the human form.

A series of images will accompany these outcomes to show the process used to create the final outcomes and a book will be created to capture the entire process of research through to the final outcomes.

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